Kevin McCarthy elected House minority leader

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Author Angelo Bowers

17 November, 2018

Even though votes are still being counted in Florida and other states from last week's midterm elections, both major US political parties are turning their attention to the next contest: the 2020 presidential election.

"The establishment is trying to hold on, and the American people and Democrats voted for change", Mr. Ryan said. They installed Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming as House Republican Conference chairman, as her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, sporting a cowboy hat, looked on. But there are warning signs as well.

Jordan could instead be given the ranking minority position on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, another likely investigatory hotbed in the new, Democratic-controlled House.

"The electoral tide nearly always pulls against the president's party during his first midterm election, and this year's tide was especially strong because President Trump has been especially divisive", said Matthew Beckmann, a political scientist at the University of California, Irvine.

In a "blue ripple", the Democrats took the House of Representatives and many contentious governor races in the midterm elections November 6. "And again, from a deal-making standpoint, we are all much better off the way it turned out, because I really believe that if the Democrats want to, we can do a tremendous amount of great legislation".

Senate Democrats are keeping their team headed by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of NY even though one of the two new Democratic senators-elect, Kyrsten Sinema (SIN'-uh-muh) of Arizona, has said she wouldn't vote for him.

"For the past few election cycles, this has been the case with past presidents, including President Barack Obama".

Senate Democrats also maintained their basic leadership, with Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer of NY winning another term after limiting his party's losses last week. Latino and Asian voters were also massive victories for Democrats, with Latino voters polling 69 percent Democrat, to 29 percent Republican.

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Scott holds the narrowest of leads over Democratic Sen. And those victories could pay dividends in the 2020 presidential race. Debbie Stabenow the Democrats' policy and communications committee chair. They all won in their states.

Erik Lamela , Lucas Moura and Harry Kane fired the visitors into a 3-0 lead at Molineux only for Wolves to nearly snatch a point. With the heart of the team, the character of the team, we took more risks. "I'm so pleased.

As a black woman, Winfrey noted her kinship to two groups historically denied ballot access in the United States. Asked whether she is planning on voting for Abrams, the woman said yes - and that she has an early voting plan.

The Newcastle icon scored a stunning 260 goals in 441 Premier League appearances, a record that will surely live on for some time. In the last match he played only for 30 minutes. "I watched the game and Liverpool struggled a lot", Mateo Kovacic said.

This year, he ran as a Republican and earned backing from former Trump advisor Roger Stone and tax-cut activist Grover Norquist . When Hof died , it was already too late to remove his name from the ballot, and ballots had already been printed and mailed.

The California wildfires continue to rage, claiming the lives of at least 29 people as of Monday, The Associated Press reports. Neil Young , Robin Thicke , Gerard Butler and Miley Cyrus are among those who lost their homes along the coastline.

Several immigration experts have pointed out the Obama administration did not implement a policy of separating families. We will NOT let these Caravans, which are also made up of some very bad thugs and gang members, into the US.

This was also granted on a limited basis and was not on First Amendment ground, but the Fifth Amendment's right to due process. Acosta refused to give it back, using his hand to chop at the woman's elbow to prevent her from controlling the microphone.

We were in the Champions League final previous year and that's the last impression, with all the spectacular games and whatever. I am working for them so they can do this and be available for this kind of situation.

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Sri Lanka Tamils push parliament to end crisis
On Tuesday, thousands of Sri Lankans protested in the capital demanding Sirisena immediately convene Parliament. The UN chief offered assistance in facilitating a dialogue with all the parties to resolve the situation.